Alina Kovaleva (Moscow, RUS) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Kovaleva finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) 10-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS). Kovaleva responded with a 7-5 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kovaleva went on to lose 8-5 against Crystal Webster (Calgary, AB). Kovaleva lost 6-3 to Manuela Siegrist (Basel, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 22 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 257th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Kovaleva ranks 322nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.